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| Queens of Jungle: An Interview With DJ Rap Posted: 07 Oct 2008 09:50 PM CDT Originally from East End London, DJ Rap, aka Charissa Saverio began producing drum & bass in the nineties, and was best known for her tune 'Spiritual Aura' on Dee Jay Recordings. Now residing in LA, DJ Rap now runs the Propa and Impropa labels and produces everything from house through to drum & bass. Voted number 1 female DJ in the world by shejay.com, you can expect Rap to be playing anything from Toolroom style electro house (which she cites as being her favourite label) through to drum & bass. With a long history within the drum & bass scene, DJ Rap has rubbed shoulders with some of the biggest players within the scene. In an interview with DJTimes in May 1999, Grooverider, whilst pointing towards DJ Rap was quoted as saying, “"I'm telling you, watch for her." He wasn’t wrong. |
| Loopmasters unveils Chris Cowie library Posted: 07 Oct 2008 08:00 PM CDT Carl Cox calls him “The Master of Funk Techno." Danny Tenaglia calls his work “pure genius.” So naturally, it looks like Loopmasters has another hit on their hands with Chris Cowie’s Tech House and Trance samplepack. |
| Joints From The Lab - MidiDropMusic Posted: 07 Oct 2008 07:41 PM CDT I was interviewing Misstress Barbara back in 2001 and after a half-hour of impassioned debate she got me to admit that DJ Rolando’s 'Jaguar' could, in some way, be considered trance. I was used to hearing Francois K work the hell out of it at Sunday house party Body & Soul, so this wasn’t an easy thing to consider. Read this music recommendation on Beatportal |
| Get Physical’s Heidi scores her own BBC Radio 1 show Posted: 07 Oct 2008 05:35 PM CDT Berlin-based DJ Heidi, who recently toured North America with Get Physical's M.A.N.D.Y., has scored her own show on Britain's flagship youth station BBC Radio 1. "I'm going to showcase a selection of music every month that I love, that is rocking the dancefloors that I've been playing at, as well as have special guests talking about music they're into," Heidi told Beatportal. "I also hope to get mixes from my guests and some exciting music bits from them as well." |
| Interview: Get Digital’s DJ T and Philipp from M.A.N.D.Y. Posted: 07 Oct 2008 01:13 PM CDT Get Physical Music have just launched their new sub-label, Get Digital, and we have a very special interview with DJ T and Philipp from M.A.N.D.Y.. The pair talk about the impetus in starting Get Digital, the "death of vinyl", upcoming projects, and the label's first release, which is from from Jamie Jones and Simon Baker. Check it all out after the jump. |
| Drumcode tour: Joel Mull’s DJ chart Posted: 07 Oct 2008 10:44 AM CDT On Thursday, Beatportal will be joining Adam Beyer and Joel Mull on their Drumcode Tour as the Swedish DJs hop across North America to play driving techno and chunky minimal to underground heads. The boys will be playing at Cielo in New York, Circa in Toronto and 90 Degrees in Miami during our live blog, and we will be flying between gigs which should lead to some interesting blog posts and interview snippets. Ahead of the tour, we asked Joel Mull to supply his top 10 tracks of the moment, which hopefully gives a clue as to the kind of music he'll be playing during the tour. Read on to check out Joel's top 10 chart. |
| Archipel celebrates 50th release with video series Posted: 07 Oct 2008 06:41 AM CDT Archipel celebrates its 50th release with a new series of video podcasts. In this first video outing, Archipel's label owner Pheek talks about his label which is currently celebrating its 3rd year anniversary along with its 50th release. Watch this video on Beatportal |
| Carl Cox announces October North American tour Posted: 07 Oct 2008 06:15 AM CDT British techno veteran Carl Cox is bringing his Ultimate Carl Cox tour to the USA and Canada for the whole month of October. Check out his tour dates after the jump. |
| Slam launch new label, Paragraph Posted: 07 Oct 2008 02:47 AM CDT This week techno duo Slam announced their new label offshoot 'Paragraph'. I spoke to Slam and Soma Recordings boss Dave Clarke to discuss what this announcement means for the Glasgow based label. |
| Pendulum loses drum and bass heads, gains US and rock fans Posted: 07 Oct 2008 12:43 AM CDT Perth-based drum & bass band Pendulum may have lost some love from hardcore drum & bass heads with their recent mainstream success, but they've won over a whole new legion of fans from the rock side of things. Kerrang! magazine no less, are the latest rock magazine to support the Ear Storm/Atlantic Records group by nominating Pendulum's 'Propane Nightmares' as Best Single in the upcoming Kerrang! Awards. It's not hard to understand why head bangers can get into Pendulum's fast and furious guitar-laced beats as it is aggressive and in-your-face music. |
| Ibiza’s DC10 to be shut for one year, possibly forever Posted: 06 Oct 2008 10:12 PM CDT DC10 club in Ibiza has been fighting an uphill battle with the island's authorities for the whole season, but last week the club's future seemed bleak after a council meeting in Sant Josep slapped the owners with a €300,000 fine and a one year closure. The problem is, the authorities have found DC10's ultimate weak point (we can't believe it took them 10 years to find it) - it only has a legal capacity of 65, which means the club has absolutely no chance of survival, unless they can somehow secure a license. In the murky, disco-mafia-tinted world of Ibiza's legal system that will be practically impossible. |
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